1899 Louisville Colonels Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-77
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 109,319, Avg. 2,131
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Manager: Fred Clarke (75-77)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1899 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 75-77
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 109,319, Avg. 2,131
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Manager: Fred Clarke (75-77)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1899 Louisville Colonels Results
The Louisville Colonels of the National League ended the 1899 season with a record of 75 wins and 77 losses, finishing ninth in the NL.
The Colonels scored 833 runs and allowed 782 runs. Honus Wagner drove in 114 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .341 clip. Deacon Phillippe led the squad with 21 wins, while Bert Cunningham added 15 or more victories also Pete Dowling recorded a 3.05 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Clarke coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Phillippe | 21 | 17 | .553 | 3.17 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 321.0 | 331 | 178 | 113 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1315 |
| Bert Cunningham | 17 | 17 | .500 | 3.84 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 323.7 | 385 | 188 | 138 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1396 |
| Pete Dowling | 13 | 17 | .433 | 3.05 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 298.3 | 329 | 166 | 101 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 89 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1290 |
| Walt Woods | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.28 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 186.3 | 216 | 100 | 68 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 790 |
| Rube Waddell | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.08 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 69 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 316 |
| Bill Magee | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 91 | 58 | 41 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 330 |
| Patsy Flaherty | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| Clay Fauver | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Kitty Brashear | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Harry Wilhelm | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 36 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Totals | 75 | 77 | .493 | 3.43 | 178 | 156 | 21 | 135 | 5 | 2 | 1360.3 | 1517 | 782 | 519 | 35 | 325 | 0 | 288 | 66 | 7 | 16 | 5779 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Clarke | 149 | 681 | 606 | 122 | 206 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 18 | .340 | .404 | .432 | .836 | 262 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Honus Wagner | 148 | 630 | 575 | 100 | 196 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 114 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 36 | .341 | .395 | .501 | .895 | 288 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hoy | 155 | 723 | 636 | 117 | 194 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 62 | 31 | .305 | .376 | .396 | .772 | 252 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Ritchey | 148 | 620 | 540 | 66 | 162 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 21 | 0 | 49 | 19 | .300 | .369 | .378 | .747 | 204 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Leach | 106 | 454 | 406 | 75 | 117 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 27 | .288 | .349 | .379 | .728 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Clingman | 110 | 427 | 369 | 68 | 97 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 34 | .263 | .349 | .347 | .696 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Zimmer | 75 | 302 | 262 | 43 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 17 | .298 | .370 | .385 | .755 | 101 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Dexter | 81 | 345 | 298 | 47 | 76 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .255 | .315 | .295 | .610 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kelley | 76 | 314 | 282 | 48 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .241 | .307 | .326 | .634 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Cunningham | 44 | 163 | 154 | 17 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .260 | .283 | .312 | .595 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Decker | 39 | 165 | 138 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .268 | .336 | .362 | .698 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Powers | 49 | 182 | 169 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .207 | .239 | .278 | .517 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Dowling | 35 | 124 | 119 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .227 | .246 | .261 | .506 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 44 | 142 | 128 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .203 | .255 | .242 | .498 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 46 | 172 | 131 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | .198 | .335 | .229 | .564 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Wills | 24 | 96 | 94 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .223 | .240 | .277 | .516 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Woods | 42 | 142 | 126 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .151 | .213 | .198 | .412 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Ketchum | 15 | 63 | 61 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .295 | .306 | .311 | .618 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsy Hartsel | 30 | 89 | 75 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .240 | .345 | .320 | .665 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tacks Latimer | 9 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .323 | .310 | .633 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Waddell | 10 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Flaherty | 7 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .333 | .630 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wilhelm | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .667 | .974 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Magee | 12 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitty Brashear | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Messitt | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Steelman | 4 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .067 | .176 | .200 | .376 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Croft | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burley Bayer | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Langsford | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Fauver | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Hulswitt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 6014 | 5336 | 833 | 1491 | 195 | 70 | 40 | 653 | 234 | 0 | 437 | 372 | .279 | .343 | .365 | .708 | 1946 | 0 | 78 | 163 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kelley | 1B | 76 | 0 | 637.0 | 745 | 38 | 21 | 37 | .974 | 11.063 | 1.303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 1B | 39 | 0 | 340.0 | 415 | 15 | 14 | 23 | .968 | 11.382 | 11.026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wills | 1B | 24 | 0 | 208.0 | 259 | 8 | 12 | 9 | .957 | 11.553 | 11.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | 1B | 11 | 0 | 97.0 | 116 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .960 | 11.134 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Powers | 1B | 7 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.125 | 6.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 1B | 4 | 0 | 36.0 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 11.250 | 11.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tacks Latimer | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | 2B | 138 | 0 | 1200.0 | 356 | 419 | 51 | 56 | .938 | 5.812 | 5.616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | 2B | 11 | 0 | 88.0 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | .887 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 2B | 7 | 0 | 60.0 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 5.550 | 5.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 2B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 4.909 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 3B | 80 | 0 | 731.0 | 135 | 200 | 34 | 13 | .908 | 4.124 | 4.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 3B | 76 | 0 | 628.0 | 94 | 169 | 23 | 10 | .920 | 3.769 | 3.461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | C | 62 | 0 | 530.0 | 184 | 77 | 4 | 6 | .985 | 4.432 | 4.210 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 72 | 48.3 |
| Malachi Kittridge | C | 44 | 0 | 375.0 | 135 | 59 | 5 | 6 | .975 | 4.656 | 4.409 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 55 | 50.5 |
| Doc Powers | C | 38 | 0 | 317.0 | 118 | 27 | 9 | 5 | .942 | 4.117 | 3.816 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 25 | 35.2 |
| Tacks Latimer | C | 8 | 0 | 81.0 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 5.333 | 6.000 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 42.9 |
| Farmer Steelman | C | 4 | 0 | 33.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.545 | 3.250 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Tom Messitt | C | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 70.0 |
| Billy Hoy | OF | 155 | 0 | 1354.0 | 325 | 21 | 27 | 8 | .928 | 2.300 | 2.232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Clarke | OF | 145 | 0 | 1259.0 | 328 | 20 | 13 | 2 | .964 | 2.488 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Dexter | OF | 72 | 0 | 634.0 | 132 | 16 | 9 | 2 | .943 | 2.101 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | OF | 61 | 0 | 521.0 | 107 | 14 | 4 | 5 | .968 | 2.090 | 1.984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Topsy Hartsel | OF | 22 | 0 | 160.0 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 2.138 | 1.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Ketchum | OF | 15 | 0 | 94.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.628 | 1.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | OF | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.250 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Flaherty | OF | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.588 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon Phillippe | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Cunningham | OF | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Cunningham | P | 39 | 0 | 324.0 | 35 | 100 | 8 | 2 | .944 | 3.750 | 3.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon Phillippe | P | 42 | 0 | 321.0 | 14 | 77 | 7 | 3 | .929 | 2.551 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Dowling | P | 35 | 0 | 290.0 | 5 | 75 | 11 | 2 | .879 | 2.483 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | P | 26 | 0 | 186.0 | 10 | 68 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 3.774 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Waddell | P | 10 | 0 | 79.0 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 2.051 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Magee | P | 12 | 0 | 71.0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 3.423 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Flaherty | P | 5 | 0 | 39.0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 2.077 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Wilhelm | P | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.240 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay Fauver | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kitty Brashear | P | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | SS | 110 | 0 | 921.0 | 195 | 385 | 55 | 44 | .913 | 5.668 | 5.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | SS | 25 | 0 | 224.0 | 56 | 75 | 25 | 3 | .840 | 5.263 | 5.240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | SS | 11 | 0 | 90.0 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .951 | 5.800 | 5.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Dexter | SS | 6 | 0 | 47.0 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 1 | .781 | 4.787 | 4.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Clarke | SS | 3 | 0 | 34.0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .759 | 5.824 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | SS | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 4.846 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Cunningham | SS | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 4.909 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Langsford | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burley Bayer | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Hulswitt | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1454 | 0 | 12230.0 | 4076 | 2079 | 399 | 253 | .939 | 4.529 | 4.233 | 14 | 0 | 197 | 170 | 46.3 |
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